n :  a recurrence of illness : esp  :  a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement <the chances of cure are high if the patient lives five years without a recurrence; but s after five years have occurred -J. E. Bishop>  - compare RECRUDESCENCE 
, vi, re*lapsed  re*laps*ing  :  to slip or fall back into a former worse state (as of illness) after a change for the better <she relapsed when allowed out of bed>  .
 
   
 
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